United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement

The Texas delegation feels passionately about trade legislation. We talk to many of our state’s lawmakers about the three free-trade pacts approved by Congress this week.

President Obama and Texas Sen. John Cornyn says the Free Trade Agreements with South-Korea, Panama and Columbia will create thousands of American jobs. Rep. Gene Green says the agreements will hurt domestic manufacturers. Get these and other reactions here.

House Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee have voted to slash funding for local homeland security grants and disaster assistance. The vote came just after a massive tornado destroyed much of Joplin, Mo., as Texans were trying to recover from wildfires that scorched 2.2 million acres of the Lone Star State, and as border county officials continue to cope with drug violence and illegal immigration.
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